Southbury Daily: Unemployment Rate Climbs + Lake House For Sale

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 78 Low: 67.

Here are the top stories in Southbury today:

1. James R. Benn Lecture at the Southbury Public Library (HamletHub)
2. Featured Home For Sale In Southbury: 'Sunny Side Of Lake Zoar' (Southbury Patch)
3. Requests For Proposals: On-Call Bituminous Curb Construction In Town Of Southbury (Southbury Patch)
4. Highly-anticipated new Brookfield grocery store to open later than expected (Danbury News Times)
5. Southbury-Area Unemployment Rate Worsened In July: Feds (Southbury Patch)
6. Waterbury Hospital earns national awards | RA Community (Waterbury Republican American)
7. New Apts. Eyed For Long Wharf, Heights (New Haven Independent)
8. Who's Hiring In The Southbury Area? Browse New Local Jobs (Southbury Patch)
9. Danbury High School Class of '71 50th Reunion Weekend Celebration October 15 & 16 (HamletHub)
10. Two New Eateries Open In Downtown Ansonia | Valley Independent Sentinel (Valley Independent Sentinel)

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Today in Southbury:

• PHS PTO Meeting 7pm - Pomperaug Regional High School (12:00 AM)
• RMS School Picture Day - Rochambeau Middle School (8:30 AM)
• GES Open House - Specials Team - Gainfield Elementary School (5:30 PM)
• GES Open House - Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd (6:00 PM)
• Adult Ed - Room 119 - - Pomperaug Regional High School (6:30 PM)
• GES Open House - 3rd, 4th & 5th - Gainfield Elementary School (6:45 PM)
• Meeting: Inland Wetlands Commission - Southbury Town Hall (7:00 PM)
• Meeting: Conservation Commission - Southbury Town Hall (7:00 PM)
• Meeting: Historic Buildings Commission (7:30 PM)
• Introduction to Modern Square Dancing (7:30 PM)

Southbury Patch Notebook

• Pomperaug Basketball Community: "Pomperaug Basketball Community Region 15 Schools Southbury Buzz Southbury Community Southbury Parks and Rec Middlebury CT Neighborhood Page 🏀Calling all Region 15 youth basketball players and coaches! 🏀Registration is now open for Wint..." (Facebook)
• Region 15 Schools: "Board of Education meeting Monday evening! Meeting agenda includes updates on school opening, a recap of summer projects, and estimated year end balance. Meetings will be streamed on YouTube. Mask protocols are in place for anyone in att..." (Facebook)
• Southbury Library Youth Services: "Miss Heather shares books about cats for today's Drop-In Storytime. Titles include "I Love Cats! by Sue Stainton and Bob Staake, "Goodnight, Rainbow Cats" by Barbara Castro Urio, "Cone Cat" written by Sarah Howden and illustrated by Carm..." (Facebook)
• Bent of the River Audubon Center: "Hawk Watch is up and running for the Fall 2021 season at Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch at Greenwich Audubon Center, and Audubon naturalist Ryan MacLean reports nearly 200 migrating birds of prey have already been counted! Don’t miss your oppor..." (Facebook)
• Southbury Public Library: "Join us for the newest installment of our Lu Burke Literary Lecture series with Connecticut author James R. Benn on Tuesday, September 13 from 6:30-8:00pm. This program will be presented on Zoom. Registration is required. Sign up here: Z..." (Facebook)

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— Al Branch

About me: I am a veteran journalist and Connecticut native with more than 30 years of experience covering municipal governments, education, politics and a host of other topics. A few years ago, I realized how much I missed the world of hyperlocal journalism, and I was fortunate to be hired by Patch in 2013.

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